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Ask HN: How do you communicate in a remote startup?

243 points aml183 | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 19:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

We are a remote company. Everything is going well. No plans to be in person, but I’d say we can do a better job at communicating. Any tips or articles to read?
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paxys ◴[15 Nov 24 20:51 UTC] No.42150868[source]▶
Make conversations public by default. If you use Slack, make team channels, project channels, announcement channels etc. all public. Discourage 1:1 and private communication unless really necessary, especially for engineering topics. This single change will have an immense impact on overall company culture.
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Jimmc414 ◴[19 Nov 24 17:00 UTC] No.42185599[source]▶
This contributes to stress and notification fatigue, especially when bombarded with alerts from every channel. Some will turn off notifications entirely or disengage to maintain focus on their workload.
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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[19 Nov 24 18:32 UTC] No.42186671[source]▶
And that's fine. You're not expected to stay online and respond at all times, that's the antithesis of asynchronous communication. Just reserve a block of time per day to catch up - like you would with emails - and go through things then. Only leave notifications on if they're addressed to you specifically.